On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Robin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a Davis Vantage Pro 2. > > As pointed out in the link you posted, the issue is the time stamp. Last > year I seem to recall an hours worth of errors as WeeWX tried to write > records to a time stamp that already existed and therefore 'lost' the data. > I like an easy life so was hoping that somebody had figured out a way to > avoid this lost data. It might be insignificant, but if we get a major > weather event at that time!!!! > > If there is a way around this limitation, I haven't figured it out without either adding a ton of complexity, or giving something else up. > To be honest I still get a headache trying to understand the local > time/UTC problem, but I am easily confused. > > Pretty simple: when DST goes away, your logger will store two records with identical time stamps and no way to tell them apart. This is because the logger stores records in *local* time. -tk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
